Adriana Molinari

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Adriana Molinari [1] [2]
Born (1967-11-26) 26 November 1967 (age 57) [3]
Buenos Aires, Argentina [3] [2]
Other namesAlex Taylor [3] [1] [2] [4]
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) [1]
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire in 1984 [3] [1] [2] [5]
Miss Teen All-American New Hampshire in 1985 [1] [5] [6]
Miss Petite New Hampshire in 1987 [1] [5] [6]
Miss Latin USA in 1989 [1] [5]
Miss New Hampshire USA in 1991 [3] [2] [5] [4] [7] [8]
Hair colorBlond [3]
Eye colorBrown [4]
Major
competition(s)
Miss USA 1991 [1] [7] [8] [9]

Adriana Molinari (born 26 November 1967), known professionally as Alex Taylor, is a former beauty pageant winner, model, exotic dancer, [1] [9] and pornographic actress who mainly worked for Vivid Entertainment from around 1998 to 2000. [2] [3]

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Early life

She moved to Hampton, New Hampshire from South America [10] with her parents when she was in seventh grade. [1] She was a bathing suit model for a time as a teenager. [10] She is a graduate of Winnacunnet High School. [5] [6]

Career

Molinari was named Miss Hampton Beach, New Hampshire [10] in 1984 and Miss New Hampshire USA [10] in 1991. [1] [3] [2] [4] [7] [8] She started stripping in 1990 in Massachusetts [6] [9] and failed to place in the 1991 Miss USA pageant. [1] In the Spring of 1991, Miss USA pageant officials stripped her of her crown when a national supermarket tabloid publicly revealed that she had been moonlighting as an exotic dancer, which was against pageant rules. [1] [5] [6]

She was a Penthouse Pet [10] in August 1994 under the stage name Alex Taylor [4] [11] and appeared in that adult magazine over thirty times. [2] She has also appeared on the TV shows A Current Affair , [1] [5] [7] [8] [9] Hard Copy , Inside Edition , and Entertainment Tonight . [10]

Personal life

As of 2008, Molinari had retired from the adult industry and was residing in Orlando, Florida. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Doug Clark (25 February 1993). "Daily Bump and Grind Does Not Wear on Beauty Pageant Queen". The Spokesman-Review . Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Patrick Cronin (27 July 2008). "Pageant has launched more than just pretty face". SeaCoastOnline.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Alex Taylor". IAFD. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2010.[ better source needed ]
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alex Taylor". Adult Film Database. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Miss USA-NH says she's victim of blackmail plot". Concord, New Hampshire: The Telegraph. Associated Press. 1991-03-10. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hampton stripper loses beauty title". Hampton, NH: The Telegraph. Associated Press. 1991-04-27. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "People: Telling all". The Toledo Blade . 1991-03-08. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Baird, Jim (1991-03-07). "People Watch: Stripping defense". The Pittsburgh Press . Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Pageant entrant to answer claims of nude dancing". The Day. Knight-Ridder Newspapers. 1991-03-07. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bio". Official website. 6 December 1998. Archived from the original on 6 December 1998. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  11. "Welcome Penthouse Pets Fans". Penthouse Pinups. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2015-03-09.